Spinoffs and derivative companies

GormacGormac Products was a
spinoff of Gorton founded in 1947. George Gorton III was chairman
of Gormac for a number of years. Gormac went into recievership in
early February, 2010.

Lars Machine
Lars was a spinoff from Gorton (after Kearney & Trecker closed
the Gorton division about 1974). Lars built the Gorton pantographs,
as well as a line of cutter-grinders. Founded by Chuck Larsen, who
was with Gorton as a VP of engineering for a number of years.
Here is a brochure published by Lars about the
lords prayer effort
Lars is no longer in business; they were acquired by
Famco Machine.

Famco Machine
acquired Lars (see above) in 1987, and still sells pantographs,
cutter-grinders, and parts and accessories for them.
Famco has the lords prayer engraving on the point of a pin, produced
for the 1935 National Machine Tool Builders Association show in Cleveland.
Based upon commentary seen on yahoo! and google groups, Famco has
machine serial number records (a number of individuals have reported
that Famco has provided date of manufacture to them based upon serial number)